diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_field_errors.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_field_errors.js.es6
index 8657e7b4abfa0da407249ae97efc553408f01b00..8e8f9f29ab34986b0de2ecc74a8b220726847b00 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_field_errors.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_field_errors.js.es6
@@ -137,8 +137,11 @@
     }
 
     initValidators () {
-      // select all non-hidden inputs in form
-      this.state.inputs = this.form.find(':input:not([type=hidden])').toArray()
+      // register selectors here as needed
+      const validateSelectors = [':text', ':password', '[type=email]']
+        .map((selector) => `input${selector}`).join(',');
+
+      this.state.inputs = this.form.find(validateSelectors).toArray()
         .filter((input) => !input.classList.contains(customValidationFlag))
         .map((input) => new GlFieldError({ input, formErrors: this }));